Thursday, January 30, 2025

The incoming Whole Foods Market Daily Shop shapes up in StuyTown

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

The transformation of the former Associated continues at 409 E. 14th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. 

Workers told us progress is "going quickly" and the "next stage" should begin soon. (We don't know exactly what the next stage might entail.) 

As previously reported, Whole Foods Market is opening a smaller-format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, in this space...
Last Fall, Beam Living shared the following email with StuyTown residents about what to expect: 
This store will be one of the first locations of the new Whole Foods Market Daily Shop — a recently announced quick-shop concept from the grocer. Whole Foods Market StuyTown will provide a convenient option for grab-and-go meals and snacks, weekly essentials, and the wide range of fresh, seasonal produce that Whole Foods Market is known and loved for. This location will also feature Juice & Java, which provides coffee, tea, fresh-pressed juices, smoothies, sandwiches, soups, and desserts. 
You can read this EVG post for more details. NYC's first Whole Foods Market Daily Shop opened at 1175 Third Ave. on the UES last fall. 

Associated closed here in December 2019. Joseph Falzon, the store's owner, previously said that a confluence of factors had cut business nearly in half. For starters, construction on 14th Street for the L train obscured the supermarket with a 12-foot fence for nearly two years.
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2 comments:

  1. jJanuary 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM

    Whole Foods Daily Shop, another nonunion, in fact union buster, like Trader Joe's nearby. I am going to assiduously try to not frequent places like this, or DEI ending Target that sells food nearby too much less all the other food outlets like CVS. NYC has the best deli counters and small take outs. Rather they have my business than the massive corporations. Sick of supporting billionaires and predatory capitalism.

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    1. editrrixJanuary 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM

      I am also shocked at how quickly these corporations are changing their diversity policies regarding hiring. I wish other people in this country would also pay attention to how they spend money. I certainly do and am pleased that others are setting and being vocal about boycotts.

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